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Premier League: Chelsea Stop Villa, Arsenal Slip At Birmingham, Manchester United Cruise

The order at the top stayed the same this weekend, but there were some huge victories by the top two while Arsenal slipped up in third place which puts their title chase in the balance given how few games that

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Weekly Watch List: Madrid Derby And Big Matches In Italy And Germany

This is another weekend of great football with the Madrid derby headlining the weekend’s matches. Italy and Germany have games that are face off between the title contenders. This is also the beginning of MLS so there are a lot

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MLS’s New CBA and Gameweek 32 I Know The Score

For me, this has seemed to be a bit of a slow week in terms of news, and I have spent a lot of time previewing the upcoming MLS season. However, one topic, I did not touch on was the

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A Look At The Premier League From Bottom To Top

The Premier League season is entering the final stretch run with only 7 weeks of games left. The table has been divided into a couple of races at the top and bottom. I decided it would be a good time

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Manchester United 2, Liverpool 1: Red Devils Go Top, Liverpool in Real Trouble

This game was tightly contested, but United got the result they needed to return to the top of the table. United will be pleased with the result and they limited Liverpool’s chances, but perhaps would have wanted to create more

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Aston Villa 2, Wolverhampton 2: Villa Slips In The Race For Fourth

Aston Villa would have approached this game thinking three points were to be picked up. However, in these derby matches, it is always difficult to predict how the game will go. The game was open and a draw certainly seemed

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Manchester United-Liverpool Preview

As one of the biggest games of the season for me, I felt this game deserved a separate preview all by itself. This game has big implications for both teams as Manchester United are in the title race while Liverpool

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Weekly Watch List: Liverpool-United

The biggest match this weekend is the Manchester United-Liverpool game. However, there are some good battles in Italy and Germany as well. The games are especially important in the title race in Germany which is a good three horse race

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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David Beckham Will Miss World Cup After Picking Up Injury

It was confirmed today by AC Milan that David Beckham tore his achilles tendon in a Serie A game against Chievo. The injury will keep Beckham out for 3 months and ends his dream of playing in South Africa for

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